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Jeremiah 23:21–22

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21I did not send out these prophets,n

yet they ran.o

I did not speak to them,

yet they prophesied.

22If they had really stood in my council,

they would have enabled my people to hear my words

and would have turned them from their evil ways

and their evil deeds.p

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Cross references

  1. nJr 14:14
  2. oJos 7:22; 2Sm 18:21; Ps 147:15
  3. pJr 4:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I did not send the prophets,

yet they ran;

I did not speak to them,

yet they prophesied.

But if they had stood in my council,

then they would have proclaimed my words to my people,

and they would have turned them from their evil way,

and from the evil of their deeds.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I did not send these prophets,

yet they have run with their message;

I did not speak to them,

yet they have prophesied.

But if they had stood in my council,

they would have proclaimed my words to my people

and would have turned them from their evil ways

and from their evil deeds.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I have not sent these prophets,

yet they run around claiming to speak for me.

I have given them no message,

yet they go on prophesying.

If they had stood before me and listened to me,

they would have spoken my words,

and they would have turned my people

from their evil ways and deeds.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have not sent the prophets, yet they ran.

I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

But if they had stood in my council,

then they would have proclaimed my words to my people,

and they would have caused them to turn from their evil way,

and from the evil of their deeds.

KJV 1900King James Version

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.